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by fairity 2053 days ago
I'm not sure if you're open to feedback, but based on what I'm hearing I would take the following actions if I were in your shoes:

1) Look into transitional housing facilities or permanent supportive housing programs near you, so you can stop worrying about rent for a period of 6-12 months.

2) Find a reliable source of food that is free or very cheap

3) Dedicate 2 days a week to learning and further development of your front-end dev skills

4) Dedicate the remaining days of the week to finding and completing contract work on Upwork.com. Start out by offering your services for a very small fee. The objective at the beginning is to just get good reviews (if you do a good job, people will come back and give you more work, but that's just a bonus). Once you have a few solid reviews under your belt, winning larger contracts will get easier.

5) Stop trying to flip things or doing anything else that doesn't reliably pay above $15/hr.